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clone

 
 
/kləʊn/ noun [C]

Definition

SCIENTIFIC COPY an exact copy of a plant or animal that scientists make by removing one of its cells
SIMILAR informal someone or something that is very similar to someone or something else
(Definition of clone noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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